Bible verses about "sheep" | WNT

³¹ Then said Jesus, "This night all of you will stumble and fail in your fidelity to me; for it is written, 'I WILL STRIKE THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK WILL BE SCATTERED IN ALL DIRECTIONS.'

¹⁷ A third time Jesus put the question: "Simon, son of John, am I dear to you?" It grieved Peter that Jesus asked him the third time, "Am I dear to you?" "Master," he replied, "you know everything, you can see that you are dear to me." "Then feed my much-loved sheep," said Jesus.

¹⁴ "I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,

¹⁶ "Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.

¹⁵ "Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.

¹ "In most solemn truth I tell you that the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over some other way, is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out. ⁴ When he has brought out his own sheep--all of them--he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. ⁵ But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." ⁶ Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant. ⁷ Again therefore Jesus said to them, "In most solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep. ⁸ All who have come before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep would not listen to them. ⁹ I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance. ¹¹ "I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep. ¹² The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them. ¹³ For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep. ¹⁴ "I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me, ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶ I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

¹¹ "I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

³⁶ And when He saw the crowds He was touched with pity for them, because they were distressed and were fainting on the ground like sheep which have no shepherd.

⁴ "Which of you men, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in their pasture and go in search of the lost one till he finds it? ⁵ And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder, glad at heart. ⁶ Then coming home he calls his friends and neighbours together, and says, 'Congratulate me, for I have found my sheep--the one I had lost.' ⁷ I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner--more rejoicing than over ninety-nine blameless persons who have no need of repentance.